110 STAT. 2372	PUBLIC LAW 104-194—SEPT. 9, 1996
MODIFICATIONS OF BOARD OF EDUCATION REDUCTION-IN-FORCE
PROCEDURES
sec. 138. The District of Columbia Government Comprehensive
Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-601.1 et seq.),
is amended—
(1)	in section 301 (D,C. Code, sec. 1-603.1)—
(A)	by inserting after paragraph (13), the following
new paragraph:
"(13A) The term 'nonschool-based personnel' means any
employee of the District of Columbia public schools who is
not based at a local school or who does not provide direct
services to individual students."; and
(B)	by inserting after paragraph (15), the following
new paragraph:
"(15A) The term 'school administrators' means principals,
assistant principals, school program directors, coordinators,
instructional supervisors, and support personnel of the District
of Columbia public schools.";
(2)	in section 801A(b)(2) (D.C. Code, sec. 1-609.l(b)(2)(L)>—
 (A)	by striking "(L) reduction-in-force" and inserting
"(L)(i) reduction-in-force"; and
 (B)	by inserting after subparagraph (L)(i), the following
new clause:
"(ii) notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Board of Education shall not issue rules that
require or permit nonschool-based personnel or school
administrators to be assigned or reassigned to the same
competitive level as classroom teachers;"; and
(3)	in section 2402 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-625.2), by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
"(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board
of Education shall not require or permit nonschool-based personnel
or school administrators to be assigned or reassigned to the same
competitive level as classroom teachers.".
SEC. 139. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule,
or regulation, an employee of the District of Columbia Public Schools
shall be—
 (1)	classified as an Educational Service employee;
 (2)	placed under the personnel authority of the Board of
Education; and
 (3)	subject to all Board of Education rules.
(b) School-based personnel shall constitute a separate competi-
tive area from nonschool-based personnel who shall not compete
with school-based personnel for retention purposes.
MODIFICATION OF REDUCTION-IN-FORCE PROCEDURES
sec. 140. (a) Section 2401 of the District of Columbia Govern-
ment Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec.
1-625.1 et seq.) is amended by amending the third sentence to
read as follows: "A personnel authority may establish lesser
competitive areas within an agency on the basis of all or a clearly
identifiable segment of an agency's mission or a division or major
subdivision of an agency.".
(b) The District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit
Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-601.1 et seq.), as amended
by section 149 of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act,